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Twitter Sounds Off on the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
Don't be fooled by the icing and glaze—this is a case of LGBT discrimination.
After being denied service in 2012 by Colorado-based Christian cake baker Jack Phillips for being a gay couple, Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig headed to the Supreme Court yesterday.
While we wait for the verdict on the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case, which could take a long time to decide, many have taken to Twitter to support Dave and Charlie and add their voice to the fight against LGBT discrimination.
\u201cBusinesses can determine what they sell, but not who they serve. If you sell wedding cakes, you have to sell wedding cakes to everyone. You can't put up a sign that says, "we don't serve your kind here.\u201d #OpenToAll #MasterpieceCakeshop\u201d— ACLU (@ACLU) 1512484864
\u201cJoining .@ACLU & .@HRC today to speak up for civil & human rights against discrimination in the #MasterpieceCakeshop case before #SCOTUS. We can\u2019t go back to the days when businesses displayed signs in their windows saying: \u201cYour kind not served here.\u201d\u201d— Rep. Hank Johnson (@Rep. Hank Johnson) 1512484565
\u201cOur staff is at the Supreme Court this morning to ensure #SCOTUS doesn't grant #MasterpieceCakeshop and other businesses a #LicenseToDiscriminate\u201d— TheTaskForce (@TheTaskForce) 1512479951
\u201cIf your door is open for business, it must be #OpenToAll. No one deserves to have that door slammed on them simply because of who they are or whom they love. It\u2019s critical that #SCOTUS stand for #EqualityForward in #MasterpieceCakeshop.\u201d— Senator Jeff Merkley (@Senator Jeff Merkley) 1512516089
\u201c20 allege Trump sexually assaulted/harassed them.\nGOP: "Let's make him president!"\n\n9 allege Moore sexually assaulted/harassed them when they were teenagers.\nGOP: "Let's make him Senator!"\n\nA gay couple wants a wedding cake.\nGOP: "Whoa! That's going too far!"\n#MasterpieceCakeshop\u201d— Craig Rozniecki (@Craig Rozniecki) 1512509427
\u201cIt's not about cakes. This is about the right to exist in public space. It shouldn't be a privilege to get a wedding cake, or be seated at a restaurant or access the bathroom. This is a fundamental debate about humanity, and frankly, I'm tired. #MasterpieceCakeshop\u201d— Katie Barnes (@Katie Barnes) 1512512459
Incredible moment outside #SCOTUS just now. The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington just surrounded a heckler during #OpenToAll protest. A rep of theirs told me they wanted to "take the opportunity to surround hate with harmony." #MasterpieceCakeshop #LGBT pic.twitter.com/D1z4boIe8a
— Lauryn Gutierrez (@GutzyLo)December 5, 2017
\u201cThe Supreme Court will hear arguments in the #MasterpieceCakeshop case today. If you're not familiar with the case, it's about an evangelical baker who thinks aisle 4 at Publix is on the same level as the Louvre.\u201d— Marie Connor (@Marie Connor) 1512481843
None— K\ud83d\ude37 (@K\ud83d\ude37) 1512501990
\u201cEvangelicals rush to put an accused pedophile in Congress but draw the line at baking a cake for a same-sex couple #MasterpieceCakeshop\u201d— DelightfulDiva (@DelightfulDiva) 1512496708
None— Politicus (@Politicus) 1512485885
\u201cAll cake is gay. Cake is just gay bread\n#MasterpieceCakeshop\u201d— Orli Matlow (@Orli Matlow) 1512503886
